Oct 20, 2009 | Big Shot, Holiday Mini Catalog 2009, In Colors |
While I was visiting Stephanie (my sister-in-law) last week in Virginia we did a lot of stamping. This idea came from one of the blogs we were looking at while I was up there – now that I am home I can’t find it and I don’t remember whose blog it was. I have searched google for all the key words in the project and found many other ideas but not the original that we saw. So time to move on and just share it with you. This is a little treat holder for Halloween – it hold a mini hershey bar on the inside.
The original idea we saw used the Pumpkin Patch stamp set from the new mini catalog. I didn’t have that one so instead I used Autumn Harvest for the pumpkin on the front. The tag is made using the Stampin’ Up! Two Tags die for the Big Shot. When you use the die to cut the tag it scores it for you and adds the notch to tuck in the bottom of the tag. In order to hold the candy I added a second score 1/2″ away from the first. 
That gives you room for the candy but now the tag won’t shut – so you need the decoration on the front to be large enough to make up the gap.
Since the pumpkin I used was short and wide a circle punch didn’t work so well but the Wide Oval punch did so that was what I used – the pumpkin is stamped in Black StazOn ink and watercolored with Classic Inks. I’m pretty sure I used Whisper White card stock but it looks like Very Vanilla in this picture – I did sponge the edges so that tones down the white.
I also punch two Large Ovals in Chocolate Chip that I layered behind the top and bottom of the wide oval. Then I punched two Round Tabs out of Pumpkin Pie – if you layer then together they form a perfect 2″ circle. Which I used here as a layer behind the wide oval. This tucks into the slot.
The white gel pen stitching is on the inside and outside of the tag. I added ribbon through the top.
After making the pumpkin one I decided I wanted to make more – knowing I didn’t have another class for Halloween projects I thought I would try snowmen – and ended up with this one.
This one uses the In-Colors – Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo and all the markers to color the snowmen from the Holiday Lineup stamp set. They were punched with the 1-3/4″ Circle punch and then the two Round Tabs layered behind them. Now I have to find candy to match.
So then I started thinking about Thanksgiving and we like to have a little treat on the table for everyone – so I tried a Thanksgiving one.
I used More Mustard for the tag and the Gobble, Gobble turkey from the Mini Catalog – didn’t he turn out cute! To color the turkey I used Stampin’ Write Markers – from lightest to darkest it is More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust and Chocolate Chip. He is punched with the Scallop Circle and another Scallop Circle is layered behind and off set between the petals. Again the two Round Tab Punches are behind. If you didn’t want to use those you could cut 2″ (or larger) circles using the Circle Scissor Plus and the Glass Mat.
We counted up how many of us we expected to gather for Thanksgiving and decided that might be too much chocolate. And maybe we needed a smaller place card for everyone.
I came up with the idea to use the other tag on the Two Tags die and the turkey that I just made and this is what I ended up with.
This one we decided would fit a small mint like an andes mint on the inside. I scored the tag at 2″ and 1-1/2″ to create the base. I cut 30 tags before I left, scored them all and began working on the Turkey’s. Stephanie will finish them all before Thanksgiving when all the family will gather at her house this year.
Someone emailed me about Thanksgiving ideas – here are a couple and I’m pretty sure I posted the Big Shot Turkey box last month. I’ll see what else I have. And share more of our girl’s week creations later.
And one more thought – I think I want to reorganize the categories on my blog – I thought I wanted to list them by stamp set but I think the list is so long now it is hard to go through and that more general categories might be better. Like have the holidays individually, birthday ideas, treat holders, etc. I’ll keep the technique section but get rid of the individual stamp sets that I have listed. What do you think?
Have a wonderful day – thanks for stopping by!
Sep 30, 2009 | Designer Series Paper, family, In Colors, Scrapbook Pages |
Just a quick post since I have a million things to do and not enough time to do them.
Here is a quick share of a scrapbook page that my sister-in-law made for me – it is the same layout as the one my niece (her daughter) created that I posted a couple of weeks ago.
The picture is my boys and I at the beach this summer. We always watch the families that go down to the beach and wear their pretty white shirts and khaki’s so this year we thought we would try to do the same. Except that Kyle didn’t bring a white shirt – so he borrowed one from my nephew that had a logo on it – so he is standing behind me so I’m covering the logo. The same thing with Greg (although he isn’t in this picture) – he borrowed a shirt from my brother-in-law and then we stood one of the kids in front of him to cover the logo on that shirt. The things we do sometimes to have everything the way we want it.
The layout uses the Baja Breeze In-color from last year and Chocolate Chip as the two main colors, the Retired Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Paper and an assortment of buttons and ribbons.
I love it!
Thanks for checking in today.
Sep 9, 2009 | Demonstrator, Designer Series Paper, Embellishments, Flight of the Butterfly, In Colors |
I received this cute idea from Sharon Field at convention this year. It is a little purse and when you open it up it can hold a business card or gift card.
Sharon’s held her business card and used a different stamp set than my example – I would show you hers too but it seems to be missing…..
We made these at my last downline meeting. I thought it was a nice little business idea or it could be used to hold a gift card – a great idea for teen girls or really any age girl. I don’t think a boy would like a purse very much but this could be adapted to a rectangular shape and be turned into a brief case just use some more manly colors and a different stamp set – or just DSP.
The colors are Melon Mambo and Bermuda Bay. The Designer Series Paper is Razzleberry Lemonade. We used the Flight of the Butterfly stamp set. The dots behind the butterfly and the flower stems are hand-drawn with the Bermuda Bay markers. I think everyone loves the In-Color Stampin’ Write Markers.
The closure is a filigree brad and underneath a velcro dot actually hold the purse shut. To create the pocket you punch with the Word Window – about 1-1/2 times to make it wide enough for the card. Don’t put any adhesive in the middle only around the edges or the card won’t slide in.
I actually drew this out on grid paper and then used the grid to go up and over to create my angles. I marked the spots on my card stock and then placed it on my cutter to cut the angles to make it look like a purse. I didn’t have any exact measurements from Sharon so I just traced out her sample and then created my own little template.
I’ve been busy with a variety of stuff. I’m posting the new September WOW Scrapbook kit later today on that blog – wowscrapbookkits.wordpress.com – I’ll put the sneak peek on this blog probably tomorrow.
Last night I had a meeting with band parents planning an 8th grade night event – where the 8th graders get to come with the Marching Band to a football game and play with them in the stands during the game. This year we are planning have a tailgate event before the game and feed everyone. We had our first meeting last night and delegated out some tasks.
Tonight I’m hosting my pokeeno group from my neighborhood so I need to get ready for that today and clean the house and cook a few things. Ack – I just realized I’m supposed to make baked beans and I forgot to buy anything for that when I shopped yesterday. My theme is a summer BBQ and I plan to use some more of my Summer Cookout kit for serving/decorating. I better check my pantry and head to the grocery store one more time.
Have a wonderful day!!
Sep 4, 2009 | In Colors, Just Surfing |
I received this cute card from a demonstrator that lives in California and have been wanting to share it with you. 
We don’t have a lot of surfing here in Georgia – I’m not sure that we have any at all – there is a little bit of Atlantic Ocean coastline in Georgia but it isn’t near me so I have no idea if they surf there. Any way Lorraine sent me this card and I thought it was a great summer card!
I’ll try to list all of the supplies that she used:
- Just Surfing stamp set
- Itty Bitty Backgrounds (I think that is what the sand is)
- Confetti Cream card stock (card base and surfboards)
- Soft Suede card stock (canopy and poles)
- Melon Mambo card stock (flowers)
- Crushed Curry card stock (flowers)
- Rich Razzleberry card stock (flowers)
- Bermuda Bay card stock (water)
- Tempting Turquoise card stock (water)
- Taken with Teal card stock (water)
- Melon Mambo ink
- Crushed Curry ink
- Rich Razzleberry ink
- Soft Suede ink
- Whisper White Craft ink (for the edge of the waves)
- Trio Flower Punch
- Large Oval Punch
- Small Oval Punch
- Flower Assortment Designer Brads
She machine stitched the top of the canopy – although you could get a similar effect with a white gel pen.
This card took some work! Thanks so much Lorraine for sharing this card with me – I loved it!
I hope you all have a fun and safe holiday weekend!
Sep 3, 2009 | In Colors, Stampin' Up! Events, SU Ribbon |
Here are two of the projects that we made during our Make-n-Take Class at convention. These use the new stamp set Hello Again – which is a cute little 5 image set. And we used the matching Stampin’ Around Wheel called Retro Remix. You can find both of these on page 114 of the catalog.
Two of the new In-Colors were also featured on these projects – Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo. You can use a 2-way glue pen to add Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the flower. I did not do that on my card. What a nice card to send to someone just to say Hello. I need to make up a whole batch of these and have them ready to send out.
Supply list for the Hello card:
- Hello Again stamp set
- Crushed Curry card stock
- Old Olive card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Crushed Curry classic ink
- Old Olive Classic ink
- Melon Mambo Classic ink
- Crushed Curry Polka Dot Ribbon
- 1″ Circle Punch
- Medium Whisper White Envelope
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
Supply list for the Hello box:
- Hello Again stamp set
- Retro Remix Stampin’ Around Wheel
- Old Olive card stock
- Whisper White card stock
- Crushed Curry card stock
- Old Olive classic ink
- Bermuda Bay classic ink
- Stampin’ Write markers – Crushed Curry and Melon Mambo
- Stampin’ Around Handle
- Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon
- 1″ Circle Punch
- Modern Label Punch
- 1/16″ hand held punch
- Clear Rhinestone Brad
- Sticky Strip
- Stampin’ Dimensionals
Have a sunshiny day! And “Yeah!” for Tyler he said he made a 100 on his Honor Physics test! And I’m registered to attend the Friday session of the Chattanooga half-day Regional. It sounds like both sessions might already be full!
Aug 23, 2009 | Baroque Motifs, Circle Circus, Circle Scissor Plus, class, Demonstrator, Designer Series Paper, Flight of the Butterfly, Great Friend, In Colors, Masking, Stampin' Up! Events, Stamps, SU Ribbon, Techniques, Thoughts & Prayers |
At my class this month I decided to use cards that I received at convention – as I looked through them all I ended up pulling several that were my favorite and realized they represented most of the In-Colors so that ended up being my “theme” for the class. I chose cards that featured the In-Colors. We made 5 cards total (one card featured 2 of the In-Colors) and stamped matching envelopes for each card. I generally kept the card designs exactly the same as the original creator except one that I didn’t have the stamp set for – so I replaced it with one I did have that I thought would give the same results. Lisa came to class and added her own little twist to each card and this afternoon she signed up as a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator – whoo hoo! Welcome Lisa to my PAWS team.
Most of the cards I used came from the Shoebox swap that I participated in – some of them I know who designed them and others I don’t. So if someone knows the original creator I’ll add their name here – just leave me a comment.
This first card features the Rich Razzleberry In-Color. The stamp set is Thoughts & Prayers and also Flight of the Butterfly. The Designer Series Paper is the Cottage Wall Paper. The original swap from convention used the Old Olive Patterns Designer Series Paper.
The stamp was inked up using the Stampin’ & Write Markers – Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry (yeah for In-Color Markers!) , and Pale Plum. The Pale Plum card stock was punched with the Eyelet Border Punch.
A little paper clip was tied with a piece of Rich Razzleberry Polka-Dot Ribbon.
The original card had a smaller “Thinking of You” stamped and punched with the Large Oval punch and then mounted on the Scallop Oval punched piece of Rich Razzleberry. I used the saying from the Thoughts & Prayers set which was larger – so mine is stamped and punched with the Scallop Oval and then mounted on a Wide Oval punched piece of Rich Razzleberry. Either one looked great.
The envelope was stamped to match the card.
I don’t know who designed this one – it was from the Shoebox Swap at the Shilo Hotel on Tuesday night before convention.
The second card features the Melon Mambo In-Color. The stamp sets I used was Baroque Motifs and Sincere Salutations.
This card was also from the Shoebox Swap and was designed by Janice Felty. Her original design used the large flower image from the Razzle Dazzle stamp set. Since I didn’t have that set I replaced it with one that I did have.
The Whisper White layer is punched on one side with the scallop edge punch. Then we positioned it on the front of the card and punched through the Whisper White and Melon Mambo card stock with the Scallop Oval punch to create a window.
Using a piece of Window Sheet and White StazOn ink the greeting from Sincere Salutations was stamped and then sandwiched between the two pieces of cardstock to make the window.
The Melon Mambo Polka Dot ribbon was tied in a knot and then wrapped around the front of the card and secured on the inside. The envelope was stamped to match the card.
This third card features Bermuda Bay In-Color. The stamp set is Great Friend that originally debuted in the Occasions Mini Catalog and is available in the new catalog too.
The card base on this one is Whisper White and then we cut three panels to adhere to the front – Bermuda Bay, Chocolate Chip, and Old Olive.
The butterfly is stamped on a Whisper White circle and mounted on a Chocolate Chip circle. For my class the circles were cut with the Circle Scissor Plus cutting system. But the original card used the Big Shot and the Circles #2 Originals Die. Since I don’t have that die we cut our circles.
Three silver brads were added up in the top right corner.
This card was designed by Michele Schmidt for the Shoebox Swap. Michele was also one of my roommates at convention.
This next card features the Dusty Durango In-Color. The stamp set is a Hostess Level 2 set called Asian Artistry. This card uses a masking technique to create the circle which was inked using a Brayer and the Dusty Durango ink.
The bird image was then stamped with Black StazOn ink and the right edge of the circle was sponged with Soft Suede ink to create the shadow.
Some highlights were added with the White Gel Pen to the leaves. We also used an Aquapainter to “paint” the bird – this causes some of the ink to lighten up.
The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and punched with the Word Window punch and layered on some Basic Black card stock that was punched with the Modern Label punch.
I do not know who designed this card – so if you know please leave me a comment and I’ll add it here. This was also a card we made at the Shoebox swap on Tuesday night. I told you I got some great cards that night….
And the last card features the Soft Suede and Crushed Curry In-Colors. This is the Circle Circus stamp set and I also used Teeny Tiny Wishes in my class. The Designer Series Paper is from the Razzleberry Lemonade set.
The images were stamped on Very Vanilla card stock and punched out with various circle punches. There is a small Crushed Curry flower that was punched using the Trio Flower punch and has a Clear Rhinestone Brad in the center.
Soft Suede Polka Dot ribbon was wrapped around the Designer Paper before it was adhered to the front of the card.
The greeting was punched with the Modern Label punch. We stamped a matching envelope.
This card was designed by Elizabeth Martinez and we made this at the STARZ meeting on Wednesday night of Convention.
Thanks to all these ladies for sharing their card designs at convention.
If you live near Woodstock, Georgia I hope you will join me for my next class. Check my calendar to see what’s coming up.
Happy Stampin’!
